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American History 1 R
1st 25 Words
Term | Definition |
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBAS | An Italian explorer who traveled to Spain and the Americas |
REASONS FOR COLONIZATION | Religion, resources, land |
SPAIN | Traveled Mexico, South West U.S.A, and Latin America |
FRANCE | Traveled Canada and the Great Lakes of Louisiana |
GREAT BRITAIN | Jamestown, original 13 colonies East Coast |
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES | Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, had diverse economy |
MIDDLE COLONIES | New York, Penns., and New Jersey |
SOUTHERN COLONIES | Plantation and crops |
MAYFLOWER COMPACT | 1st document, laws |
SOCIAL CONTRACT | People give up some freedom for protection |
DIRECT DEMOCRACY | all people vote on laws |
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY | elected officials and laws |
JAMESTOWN | 1st permanent English colony |
BACON'S REBELLION | VA farmer rebelled unfair representation |
COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE | Triangular Trade |
NAVIGATION ACTS | British laws to regulate colonial trade |
GREAT AWAKENING | religious revival 1730's influence on us government |
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR | France out of North America British Debt |
WAR DEBT | British Debt |
SALUTARY NEGLECT | British allows colonies to run themselves beneficial independent |
MERCANTILISM | British uses th colonies for a favorable balance of trade |
WRITS OF ASSISTANCE | British soldiers search colonists w/o a warrant |
SONS OF LIBERTY | Samuel Adams, protest taxation without representation |
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | July 4, 1776 explanation to the world |